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BiUn poème que j'ai écrit un soir, après avoir vibré aux sons de poèmes inspirants. I composed part of this poem while on my bike, if I remember correctly. The words and sounds just lined up neatly, and I discovered the bilingual poet inside me. Un coming out, une déclaration d'amour.

Poème d'amour à ma ville

I was working in Windsor, where I heard some people saying how much they loved their city, while I had been thinking about how dreary it was. It reminded me of many discussions I've had with people who don't like Ottawa. J'ai donc décidé d'écrire un poème pour ma ville, décrivant notre histoire d'amour.

Wondering wanderer

J'ai écrit ce poème un jour d'hiver, en me réchauffant dans un café après une session de patinage sur le Canal Rideau. Skating down the Canal, I was thinking about the men who gave their lives to build this feat of engineering.

HomonymieWhen I hear radio announcers saying that "Ottawa has done this, decided that", it always takes me a few seconds to understand that they're talking about the deciders in Parliament, and not about my actual city. Ottawa a plusieurs définitions, selon qui en parle, et à qui on en parle. Ville homonyme d'elle-même.